Broadcasting Telecasting (Oct - Dec 1951)

beat « t t ON THE GERRY MARTIN, vice president in charge of television, Duane Jones Co., N. Y., to Geyer, Newell & Ganger, N. Y., as vice president and account executive. THOMAS CADDEN, continuity director WIL St. Louis, Mo., to Smith, Taylor & Jenkins Adv., Pittsburgh, as radio-TV writer. HOWARD S. FOLEY, J. Walter Thompson, N. Y., to Doherty, Clifford & Shenfield, N. Y., as copy supervisor. KENDALL J. MAU, west coast publicity director Ross Roy Inc., L. A., to Buchanan & Co., that city, as acMr. Martin count executive. GORE-DIAMOND-EWING Adv., S. F., changes name to The Sam Ewing Agency, following purchase by SAM EWING of firm's major accounts. ALBERT F. VISKANT named director of mechanical productions for Chicago office Fuller & Smith & Ross. He was with Standard Rate & Data, Chicago. MYRON KIRK, vice president Kudner Agency, N. Y., appointed chairman of radio division for 1951 Travelers Aid Society. RUTHRAUFF & RYAN, St. Louis, appointed by KXOK St. Louis, to handle advertising. THOMAS R. COOPER rejoins J. Walter Thompson Co., S. F., as account representative. BILL COLDREN, N. W. Ayer & Son, Phila., transfers to agency's San Francisco office, as account executive. PHILIP M. BOTTFELD, assistant director of publicity Benton & Bowles, N. Y., named associate director of publicity. CHARLES P. GRAVES, Grant Adv., Washington, to Federal Adv., N. Y., as radio and TV copywriter. JIM EVANS, program director WICC Bridgeport, Conn., appointed account executive Moore & Beckham Adv., Greenwich, Conn. RALPH KLEIN, program director WONS Hartford, succeeds Mr. Evans at WICC. LYLE T. SMITH, advertising manager of Borden's Dairy Delivery Co., S. F., to Sidney Garfield & Assoc., S. F., as account executive. THOMAS H. CALHOUN Jr., sales staff WEEI Boston, to N. W. Ayer & Sons, N. Y. JOHN P. (Pat) COLIHAN, western states promotion manager C. D. Beck Co., Sidney, Ohio, (inter-city motor coaches), to creative department Brisacher, Wheeler & Staff, S. F. TOM MONAHAN, copy writer Walter McCreery Inc., Beverly Hills, and FRED H. COMSTOCK, newspaperman, to Yambert, Prochnow, McHugh & Macaulay Inc., that city, as copy chief and public relations director respectively. MAURY BAKER, assistant radio-television director BBD&O, S. F., named head of radio-TV department. He succeeds JAMES A. BARNES, who retires to travel and free-lance. JOHN MATHER LUPTON, president John Mather Lupton Co., N. Y., spoke on "Tools of Advertising," Oct. 9, at Advertising Club of Washington. JEAN SHEPHARD, office manager and media buyer Will Grant Adv., L. A., to Don Jenner Adv., that city, as production manager and media buyer. , JAMES DEAN and ROBERT CULBERTSON, account executives Yambert, Prochnow, McHugh & Macaulay and The Irwin Co., both Beverly Hills, join Anderson-McConnell Adv., L. A., in similar capacity. ROBERT OTTO & Co., N. Y., opens Toronto office Nov. 1, with ATHOL C. STEWART, radio director of Walsh Adv. Co. Toronto, as manager. ROBERT W. TANNEHILL, Benton same city, as account executive. Bowles, N. Y., to Compton Adv., WASHINGTON SCREEN One of Washington's Top Local TV Shows . . . Monday thru Saturday 6 to 6:45 pm AUDIENCE COMPOSITION* MEN 21 % WOMEN 26 % CHILDREN 53 % Frontier Theater is one of the most-viewed local tv programs in the Nation's Capital. Featuring a top-flight Western film thriller, it is the only early evening film show available six nights a week in the rich Washington market! With consistently high ratings in a choice time period — Frontier Theater not only offers the spot advertiser MAXIMUM results, but at LOWER COST! WMAL *ARB TV Survey, July 14-21, 1951 Get the Facts From — THE KATZ AGENCY, INC. WMAL-TV WMAL-FM The Evening Star Stations WASHINGTON, D. C BROADCASTING • Telecasting October 15, 1951 • Page 21